EPCOT's Dreamers Point and World Celebration Gardens will open to guests December 5 at Walt Disney World

Nov 28, 2023 in "EPCOT"

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Walt the Dreamer statue at Dreamers Point in World Celebration at EPCOT

Posted: Tuesday November 28, 2023 4:44pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has announced that in celebration of Walt Disney’s birthday on December 5, guests visiting EPCOT will be able to visit Dreamers Point in the World Celebration neighborhood.

Walt the Dreamer statue at Dreamers Point in World Celebration at EPCOT

The "Walt the Dreamer" statue represents Walt later in his life when he was dreaming up the overall Florida Project and the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. He sits with a sense of fulfillment, enjoying the beauty of his realized dream: a park that represents pure optimism and truly celebrates the magic of possibility.

Walt the Dreamer statue at Dreamers Point in World Celebration at EPCOT

This new statue of Walt is part of World Celebration Gardens where Disney says "guests will be able to relax, unwind, and connect – to EPCOT, to nature and to each other." Each of the gardens found in the center of World Celebration, including Dreamers Point, will connect back to the areas surrounding them, drawing on the architectural legacy of EPCOT, modern lighting elements and a variety of natural textures.

World Celebration concept art

December 5 will also see the debut of the new EPCOT nighttime spectacular 'Luminous.'

Watch the video below to see Walt Disney Imagineers install the Walt the Dreamer statue in World Celebration Gardens.

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gerarar19 minutes ago

Disstevefan147 minutes ago

Assuming it not broken at the the time ;)

MisterPenguin1 hour ago

Go ahead and play in the splash pad in JoW first!

Disstevefan11 hour ago

One thing is for sure, guests will be hot most of the year, and always standing while watching these shows. I'll take an air conditioned space and a place to sit anytime!

lazyboy97o3 hours ago

Stage lighting is used during the day. The lights imply nothing about showtime plans.

Incomudro3 hours ago

I would assume many shows will be at night, hence the lights.

Disstevefan14 hours ago

I I know they tore down the original innoventions buildings by accident, but I wish they simply gutted the buildings and put a stage inside the building so the performances could be enjoyed in an air conditioned space, and maybe even with seating!! I know, I know, I am such a dreamer. This standing in the hot sun to watch stuff is not good. Yes, I remember watching the fountain of nations in the hot sun, but the water spray from fountains was like natural air conditioning and it was bearable to stand there and watch the fountain show.

wbostic1215 hours ago

Besides this lighting, how much construction is actually still going on in terms of the “Transformation”? I was there two weeks ago, and saw some walls by the Moana bathroom/utilidor stairs and the Imagination path flex space along with the CommuniCore area, but I don’t remember any walls other than that. When this opens, is that all the walls left?

Epcot82Guy23 hours ago

Yes. They could have easily done a drop, using the triangle pattern for the grid vs. the standard squares/rectangles. It could be filled with some type of tile - with necessary ones removed based on each show's lighting/sound/rigging requirements. The sleek underside almost looks worse with this approach IMHO.

Chef idea Mickey`=1 day ago

nope just how it appears from this image maybe only from the side from a box square building. The acne pimples 😐 yeah were a real period.

danlb_20001 day ago

I think the big problem with this is sleek, shinny surface it is in front of which just makes all wiring stick out like a soar thumb. Compare it to American Gardens theater where it all sort of get swallowed by the dark space over the stage.

Jambo Dad1 day ago

lol - you must have vivid nightmares😀

Chef idea Mickey`=1 day ago

Those Diamond triangles work so well on Spaceship Earth but here just from this angle it looks like they are sticking on the building like an abomination of pimples, the diamonds look like mouths like they all would go "my my my" calling out like the seagulls in finding nemo.. scary and itching looking. 😂😬 In the Florida raging heat.